THE NAME OF THE MONTHS IN ARABIC COUNTRIES AND THE METHOD OF EQULIZING THEM

Document Type : Research Paper

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The present article tries to examine the use of the common months in arabic countries. By this article the Arabic months are used in Muslim lunar Hijri Calender (like Moharm and Safar), Arabicized months from Syriac language as they are used in Solar Geregorian Calender (like Kanon Al-thoni and Shabat) and the translated months from English and French as they are used in Solar Geregorian Calender (like Yanayer and Febrayer) are examined in detail and one by one considering semantics and historical aspect and their usage in the various Arabic and Islamic countries are described separately. At the and of the article a method for equalizing the usage of these names is suggested.